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Biography of Udoma Udo Udoma

Udoma Udo Udoma

Udoma Udo Udoma was born on February 26, 1954. He is an indigene of Awka-Ibom State.

He holds a Bachelors of Arts Degree in Jurisprudence in 1976, a Bachelors of Civil

Laws Degree and a Masters of Arts in 1977 from St. Catherine?s College, University of Oxford.

Udoma Udo Udoma is an accomplished lawyer and member of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA).

He has served on several national committees and also as the non-executive Chairman of the Nigerian Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC).

Udoma Udo Udoma was elected Senator for the Akwa-Ibom South constituency of Akwa-Ibom State, Nigeria at the start of the Nigerian Fourth Republic, under the platform of the People?s Democratic Party (PDP). He took office on 29 May 1999. He was reelected in April 2003, still under the platform of the PDP. while at the Senate in June 1999, he was appointed to committees on Public Accounts, Judiciary, Banking & Currency, Science & technology, Privatization and Drug & Narcotics. He also served variously as Chief Whip, Chairman of the Committee on National Planning, Revenue Mobilisation and Poverty Alleviation and Chairman of the Appropriations Committee.

Mr. Udoma Udo Udoma, CON, is a Senior Partner of Udo-Udoma & Belo_Osagie. Mr. Udoma has been Chairman of UAC of Nigeria Plc January 2, 2010. He served as the first Chairman of the Corporate Affairs Commission in 1991-1992 and is the part time Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission. He has served the Nation in other roles such as Special Adviser to the Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources from 1993 to March 1994. He has been Chairman of the Presidential Committee Waivers, Incentives and Concessions since 2007. Mr. Udoma specializes in advising on Nigerian investment laws and the investment environment generally, particularly in the petroleum, energy and natural resources sectors; advising Nigerian and international companies on company law, corporate restructuring, mergers and acquisitions and the raising of financing in the capital and money markets, as well as on major construction and engineering contracts.

Mr. Udoma has been Chairman of Union Bank of Nigeria Plc since February 2013 and its Director since November 27, 2012.

He served as Vice Chairman of Linkage Assurance Plc and serves as its Director. He has been a Director of Unilever Nigeria Plc since January 1, 2008 and UAC of Nigeria Plc since 1995. He served as a Director of First Hydrocarbon Nigeria Limited.

In February 2010, as chairman of the Governing Board of the Securities and Exchange Commission, Udoma was criticized for retaining the posts of Chairman of UACN, Director of Unilever and Vice Chairman of the Board of Linkage Assurance, publicly traded companies. Udoma however declared his interest in these companies before being appointed, and as required by the law excused himself from meetings where issues directly related to these companies were being discussed.

It is worthy to note that he is the recipient of the National award of Commander of the Order of the Niger(CON).

In October, 2015, he was named as one of the Ministerial nominees to be screened by the National Assembly under the President Buhari led Administration.

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